Table 3.

Mean ratings of general health vignettes

Series	Least severe	2	3	Most severe
No Specific Disease (n=2,623)	4.04 (.91)	2.78 (.78)	2.06 (.77)	1.59 (.62)
Heart Disease (n=2,621)	4.19 (.82)	2.86 (.81)	1.63 (.68)	1.32 (.51)
Diabetes (n=2,620)	4.03 (.92)	2.50 (.77)	1.98 (.70)	1.41 (.59)

Note: Means calculated by assigning scores to responses of 1 = poor; 2 = fair; 3 = good; 4 = very good; 5 = excellent. Standard deviations in parentheses. Fewer than 0.3% of respondents answered “don’t know” or “refused”; these are excluded from analyses.